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Show PACIFIC COAST JiEWS. ! CALIFORNIA. The Nevada '"Transcript" says North Bloomlicld is now a lively mining min-ing camp. The medicos of Los Angeles are excited ex-cited over a question of credit for extracting ex-tracting a grain of corn from a woman's 1 windpipe. Operations progress steadily at the ' quicksilver mines in Pope valley, Napa county, and all aro doing well. A brute named Rivera has been arrested ar-rested and held to answer in Los An geles county, for attempting to ravish a ten-year old girl. The Dlacervilln "Democrat" roturns thanks to a Chinese fruit-grower for favors received. John is beginning to appreciate the press. Grizzlies are hungry and plentiful in the mountains above Yosctnito valley. An exchange says: Tourists will take notice, and not stray too far. A sheep herder named John Miller was olubbcd to death and robbed in Vis-alia Vis-alia lately. NIC V ADA. Politicians arc waxing warm in Nevada, Ne-vada, and small politicians arc doing extensive but ton -holing. Kenyon and Taylor arc to start their new paper at I'iochc on September 15. It will kc called the " Piochc Daily Review." A rich discovery ha3 been ruadc by K. D. Rathbun, in the Robinson district, dis-trict, six miles south-west of Mineral City, on the Hendricks road. A chunk of horn silver weighing forty pounds was taken out and free-milling oro of high grade seems abundant. Rock taken out assayed $9-370, of $1.- 1250 was of gold. Virginia had a Grc last Thursday which destroyed ten buildings includ ing the residences of J, 11. Cramnton, W. S. Preston, Hon. Will Campbell, Geo. W. Uazclton and John Lambert, with ono or two smaller buildings. It is estimated that three times moro wood will be run down Carson river next summer than at any former season. Hero is how the "Reveille" talks of Sharon, who has recently declined tho senatorial contest; " Sharon don't amount to enough, morally, socially, or intellectually, to merit all the fuss that is being made overlum." 1 1 H ts sickness sick-ness was political cholera morbus, resulting re-sulting in a collapse of his bowels of ambition, and that's ail there is of it." OltEtiOX At'. About 400 men arc employed in the Coos county coal mines. Robert Field was found dead in his cabin on Myrtle Creek, on the 15th of August. An artesian well in Jacksonville is down 112. Tho drill has struck very hard rock. A new mine has been opened on the Siuslaw, in Lane eounty, which is said to produce coal of an excellent quality. qual-ity. A telegraph line is projected from : Roseburg, Douglas county, to Empire city, Coos county, and subscriptions of stock are being solicited. The Dutbr Brothers of Portland have recently purchased the splendid stock farm of Dcczley on Fifteen-mile Creek, Wasco county, and will shortly remove thither, wherethey expect to engage extensively in the business of raising cattle. Tho price paid Reczley was $7,000. The "Bedrock Democrat" says : The most of tho miners of Rye Valley have stopped work for tho season. There are now only three claims running. run-ning. A Roseburg paper says : Work on the railroad bridge is being pushed forward as fast as possible. Every place where a man can be worked to advantago is filled, and prospects are favorable for its rapid completion. John B. Meyer, who was clerking in Biglcr & Bro.'s store on Little Butte Creek, was drowned in that stream a Jew days ago. He left the store about 2 o'clock for the creek to take a bath, and not returning the neighbors went in search, of him. They found his clothes near where a rock projects into the stream, and his body was found several hundred feet belo-.v. IDAHO, Everything dull at Rocky Bar. The China companies are taking out considerable money. Kelly & Morris cleaned up 200 ounces oun-ces from their flume, recently. The Owyhee "Avalanche" says a rich strike has been made in tho third level of the Rising Star mine, in Flint district. Warrens, Holman & Co., fare running run-ning their arastra on oro from the Charity lode, but they have not yet mado a clean-up. |